Oleg Kuznetsov

Oleg Kuznetsov received doctoral degree at the Institute of the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Science (Saint Petersburg). He was a professor at Social Anthropology Dept. at Trans-Baikal State University, Deputy Director for research at Museum for Natural and Cultural History of Trans-Baikal region, senior researcher at the Institute of the History of Material Culture, RAS (Saint Petersburg).

Participant of several international research projects: "Sociétés nomades et Etats: transition et pouvoirs locaux chez les Bouriates et les Kirghizes", (France-Russia) - 2000-2006. "Nomadisme, identité, ethnicité: espace et pouvoirs locaux. Russie, Kirghizstan, Niger, Mauritanie" (France-Russia) - 2001-2006. “Nomadisme, sociétés et religions dans l'espace turco-mongol et sibérien" (France-Russia) – 2007. "Baikal Archeological Project” (Canada-Russia) – 2007-2008

The project

Title: Contemporary traditions of Eurasian nomadism among the indigenous peoples of Transbaikalia

Keywords: ethnoarchaeology, ethnology of indigenous peoples of Siberia, nomadism

Hosting institution: Laboratory of Social Anthropology, Institute of Civilizations, Collège de France.

Selection of publications

Oleg Kuznetsov. Ethnoarchaeological approach to Late Palaeolithic settlements and habitation structures (Transbaikal, Siberia) // Les civilisations du renne d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Approches ethnohistoriques, archéologiques et anthropologiques: XXVIIe rencontres internationales d'archéologie et d'histoire d'Antibes. Antibes, 2007, pp.111-125.

Oleg Kuznetsov. Ethnoarchaeology in Siberia: an application to late Paleolithic settlements analysis // Etnoarqueología de la Prehistoria: más allá de la analogía. Treballs d'Etnoarqueología № 6. Institució Milà i Fontanals, Madrid, 2006. pp.173-188.

Ole Grøn, Oleg Kuznetsov, Michael Turov. Cultural micro-mosaics – a problem for the archaeological culture concept. // Scandinavian archaeological practice in theory. Oslo Archaeological series. Vol. 1. Oslo, 2001. pp.342-350

Ole Grøn, Inger Holm Olsen, Hans Tommervik, Oleg Kuznetsov. Reindeer Hunters and Herders: Settlement Patterns and Environmental Impact. // Kulturminneforskningens mangfold. NIKU 1994-1999. Norwegian Institution for Cultural Heritage Research. Oslo: NIKU, 1999. pp. 20-26.

Oleg Kuznetsov. Ethnoarchaeology of Evenki Reindeer Hunters in Siberia: an Application to Late Paleolithic Settlements and Habitation Structures Analysis // Ethnoarchaeology: Current research and field methods. BAR International Series. Oxford, 2013. pp. 146-152.

Oleg Kuznetsov. L’Habitat du Paléolitique supérior en Transbaïkalie. // Nomadismes d’Asie Centrale et Septionale. College de France, L’Ecole pratique des hautes etudes. Paris, Armand Colin, 2014. p.83.